(a) Roll Call. The Mayor, or in the Mayor’s, the President of Council, may take the Chair at the hour appointed for Council to meet and call Council to order. The roll shall then be called by the Fiscal Officer, who shall enter in the journal of each meeting the names of members present. In the absence of a quorum at the time appointed for a meeting, the members present may by a majority vote, take a recess or recesses, and cause the Fiscal Officer to procure the attendance of absent members.
(b) Temporary Chair. In case of the absence of the Mayor and the President of Council, the Fiscal Officer shall call Council to order. The Fiscal Officer shall call the roll and if a quorum is found to be present, Council shall proceed to elect by a majority vote, a temporary chairman of the meeting until the appearance of the Mayor or President of Council.
(c) Substitute Chair. The Chair, whether the Mayor, President of Council or temporary chair, may call upon any other member to take his or her place in the Chair. Such substitution shall not continue beyond adjournment.
(d) Appeals from Decisions of the Chair. The Chair shall preserve decorum and decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to Council. If any member transgresses the rules of Council, the Chair or any member may, call that member to order. In the latter instance the Chair shall render a decision as to the point of order. In case of an appeal from a ruling of the Chair, the question shall be, “shall the decision of the Chair stand as the decision of Council?” The Chair shall be sustained unless overruled by a majority vote of the members of Council present.
(Ord. 05-106. Passed 12-15-05.)
(Ord. 05-106. Passed 12-15-05.)